Package org.jivesoftware.util

Class XMLProperties

java.lang.Object
org.jivesoftware.util.XMLProperties
public class XMLProperties extends Object
Provides the ability to use simple XML property files. Each property is in the form X.Y.Z, which would map to an XML snippet of: 
 <X>
     <Y>
         <Z>someValue</Z>
     </Y>
 </X>
The XML file is passed in to the constructor and must be readable and writable. Setting property values will automatically persist those value to disk. The file encoding used is UTF-8.
Author:
Derek DeMoro, Iain Shigeoka

  • Constructor Details

    • XMLProperties

      public XMLProperties(Path file) throws IOException
      Creates a new XMLProperties object.
      Parameters:
      file - the file that properties should be read from and written to.
      Throws:
      IOException - if an error occurs loading the properties.

  • Method Details

    • getNonPersistedInstance

      public static XMLProperties getNonPersistedInstance() throws IOException
      Creates a new empty XMLProperties object. The object will only have an empty root element. Note that an instance created by this constructor cannot be used to persist changes (as it is not backed by a file).
      Returns:
      an XMLProperties instance that is empty
      Throws:
      IOException - if an exception occurs initializing the properties

    • getNonPersistedInstance

      public static XMLProperties getNonPersistedInstance(@Nonnull InputStream in) throws IOException
      Creates a new XMLProperties object with content loaded from a stream. Note that an instance created by this constructor cannot be used to persist changes (as it is not backed by a file).
      Parameters:
      in - the input stream of XML.
      Returns:
      an XMLProperties instance populated with data from the stream.
      Throws:
      IOException - if an exception occurs when reading the stream.

    • getProperty

      public String getProperty(String name)
      Returns the value of the specified property.
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the property to get.
      Returns:
      the value of the specified property.

    • getProperty

      public String getProperty(String name, boolean ignoreEmpty)
      Returns the value of the specified property.
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the property to get.
      ignoreEmpty - Ignore empty property values (return null)
      Returns:
      the value of the specified property.

    • getProperties

      public List<String> getProperties(String name, boolean ignored)
      Return all values who's path matches the given property name as a String array, or an empty array if the if there are no children. This allows you to retrieve several values with the same property name. For example, consider the XML file entry: 
       <foo>
     <bar>
         <prop>some value</prop>
         <prop>other value</prop>
         <prop>last value</prop>
     </bar>
 </foo>
      If you call getProperties("foo.bar.prop") will return a string array containing {"some value", "other value", "last value"}.
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the property to retrieve
      ignored - unused parameter
      Returns:
      all child property values for the given node name.

    • getChildProperties

      public Iterator<String> getChildProperties(String name)
      Return all values who's path matches the given property name as a String array, or an empty array if the if there are no children. This allows you to retrieve several values with the same property name. For example, consider the XML file entry: 
       <foo>
     <bar>
         <prop>some value</prop>
         <prop>other value</prop>
         <prop>last value</prop>
     </bar>
 </foo>
      If you call getProperties("foo.bar.prop") will return a string array containing {"some value", "other value", "last value"}.
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the property to retrieve
      Returns:
      all child property values for the given node name.

    • getAttribute

      public String getAttribute(String name, String attribute)
      Returns the value of the attribute of the given property name or null if it doesn't exist.
      Parameters:
      name - the property name to lookup - ie, "foo.bar"
      attribute - the name of the attribute, ie "id"
      Returns:
      the value of the attribute of the given property or null if it doesn't exist.

    • removeAttribute

      public String removeAttribute(String name, String attribute)
      Removes the given attribute from the XML document.
      Parameters:
      name - the property name to lookup - ie, "foo.bar"
      attribute - the name of the attribute, ie "id"
      Returns:
      the value of the attribute of the given property or null if it did not exist.

    • setProperties

      public void setProperties(String name, List<String> values)
      Sets a property to an array of values. Multiple values matching the same property is mapped to an XML file as multiple elements containing each value. For example, using the name "foo.bar.prop", and the value string array containing {"some value", "other value", "last value"} would produce the following XML: 
       <foo>
     <bar>
         <prop>some value</prop>
         <prop>other value</prop>
         <prop>last value</prop>
     </bar>
 </foo>
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the property.
      values - the values for the property (can be empty but not null).

    • addToList

      public boolean addToList(String propertyName, String value)
      Adds the given value to the list of values represented by the property name. The property is created if it did not already exist.
      Parameters:
      propertyName - The name of the property list to change
      value - The value to be added to the list
      Returns:
      True if the value was added to the list; false if the value was already present

    • removeFromList

      public boolean removeFromList(String propertyName, String value)
      Removes the given value from the list of values represented by the property name. The property is deleted if it no longer contains any values.
      Parameters:
      propertyName - The name of the property list to change
      value - The value to be removed from the list
      Returns:
      True if the value was removed from the list; false if the value was not found

    • getAllPropertyNames

      public List<String> getAllPropertyNames()
      Returns a list of names for all properties found in the XML file.
      Returns:
      Names for all properties in the file

    • getChildrenProperties

      public String[] getChildrenProperties(String parent)
      Return all children property names of a parent property as a String array, or an empty array if the if there are no children. For example, given the properties X.Y.A, X.Y.B, and X.Y.C, then the child properties of X.Y are A, B, and C.
      Parameters:
      parent - the name of the parent property.
      Returns:
      all child property values for the given parent.

    • setProperty

      public boolean setProperty(String name, String value)
      Sets the value of the specified property. If the property doesn't currently exist, it will be automatically created.
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the property to set.
      value - the new value for the property.
      Returns:
      true if the property was correctly saved to file, otherwise false

    • deleteProperty

      public void deleteProperty(String name)
      Deletes the specified property.
      Parameters:
      name - the property to delete.

    • migrateProperty

      public void migrateProperty(String name)
      Convenience routine to migrate an XML property into the database storage method. Will check for the XML property being null before migrating.
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the property to migrate.

    • setProperties

      public void setProperties(Map<String,String> propertyMap)